Firstborn of All Creation – Colossians (Part 2)

In his Epistle to the Colossians, Paul calls Christ the firstborn of all creation. This does not mean that the Son is the first of God’s creations. That becomes apparent in the context of the rest of the epistlewhere Paul says that by the Son all things were created through him and for him. So, to be the firstborn is to be preeminent above all things. He’s the firstborn Son, the only-begotten Son of God; He is God himself, creating and ruling over all things.

It’s like how the firstborn sons...